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Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65: Volume 3

Sixty-Second Regiment. 525
at Camp Douglas, 119 Official Records Union and Confeder-ate
Armies, p. 797. What became of General Frazej' the
writer does not know. After the surrender of the Gap, so
far as I am advised, he was never heard of again b^y^nd his
lying report above cited, which purports to have been written
at Fort Warren, in Boston harbor, ]^ovember, ISG-I.
General Frazer in his report of the surrender of the Gap,
reflects severely and most unjustifiably upon the character of
the troops and morale of the command. I was at my post of
duty from the day the regiment arrived at the Gap till the sur-render,
and knew as much of the morale and character of the
command as General Frazer, or any one else, and do most
positively deny his charges.
On page 611, Vol. 51, Official Records Union and Confed-erate
Armies, he says : ''The Colonel was absent and soon
after resigned and became an open advocate of reunion in his
county." This, of course, refers to Colonel Love, who did
later on resign on account of extreme bad health, froan which
he died, as stated herein. But the allegation of his entertain-ing
Union sentiments as published by General Frazer, who
was then in prison and who' never saw or heard of Colonel
Love after the suiTcnder of Cumberland Gap, is unfounded
in fact. It is due to the memory of Colonel Love, who was
loyal to the cause of the south, to the very end, and even after
all hope was lost, to denounce this statement as absolutely
untrue.
There are now numerous living witnesses to attest the
truth of the foregoing. It is astonishing to think how do-cile,
loyal and obedient were the men to their superior offi-cers.
It was such a surprise however, that no one had time
to think, ere we were in the hands of our enemies.
General Frazer was bitterly denounced by his broth-er
officers after going to prison, and we are told by good
men like Lieutenant J. M. Tate, Lieutenant R. A. Owen, W.
H. Leatherwood of Haywood county, and others, that the
indignation was so great against him that the Federals chang-ed
him to another prison and permitted him, doubtless glad-ly,
to slander his own men. Indignities were offered to
these brave men all along the way to prison. At Aurora,

Sixty-Second Regiment. 525
at Camp Douglas, 119 Official Records Union and Confeder-ate
Armies, p. 797. What became of General Frazej' the
writer does not know. After the surrender of the Gap, so
far as I am advised, he was never heard of again b^y^nd his
lying report above cited, which purports to have been written
at Fort Warren, in Boston harbor, ]^ovember, ISG-I.
General Frazer in his report of the surrender of the Gap,
reflects severely and most unjustifiably upon the character of
the troops and morale of the command. I was at my post of
duty from the day the regiment arrived at the Gap till the sur-render,
and knew as much of the morale and character of the
command as General Frazer, or any one else, and do most
positively deny his charges.
On page 611, Vol. 51, Official Records Union and Confed-erate
Armies, he says : ''The Colonel was absent and soon
after resigned and became an open advocate of reunion in his
county." This, of course, refers to Colonel Love, who did
later on resign on account of extreme bad health, froan which
he died, as stated herein. But the allegation of his entertain-ing
Union sentiments as published by General Frazer, who
was then in prison and who' never saw or heard of Colonel
Love after the suiTcnder of Cumberland Gap, is unfounded
in fact. It is due to the memory of Colonel Love, who was
loyal to the cause of the south, to the very end, and even after
all hope was lost, to denounce this statement as absolutely
untrue.
There are now numerous living witnesses to attest the
truth of the foregoing. It is astonishing to think how do-cile,
loyal and obedient were the men to their superior offi-cers.
It was such a surprise however, that no one had time
to think, ere we were in the hands of our enemies.
General Frazer was bitterly denounced by his broth-er
officers after going to prison, and we are told by good
men like Lieutenant J. M. Tate, Lieutenant R. A. Owen, W.
H. Leatherwood of Haywood county, and others, that the
indignation was so great against him that the Federals chang-ed
him to another prison and permitted him, doubtless glad-ly,
to slander his own men. Indignities were offered to
these brave men all along the way to prison. At Aurora,